Grassroots coalition holds immigration town hall meeting
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Although the U.S. Senate killed reform legislation that would have granted legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants, the movement is forging ahead with citizenship drives and town hall meetings to promote awareness about the issue. The Community Call to Action and Accountability (CCTAA), a grassroots coalition for peace and social justice, which formed...
Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin transferred to feds
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent End the persecution of Imam Jamil Al-Amin (FCN, 08-14-2007)Fight to free Jamil Al-Amin (FCN/Mumia Abu-Jamal, 11-20-2001) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - With legal charges still pending in Georgia courts against the state prison system, and within days of the national publication of a front page feature in The Final Call calling for an end to his persecution, inmate Imam Jamil Al-Amin...
Tragedy strikes Oakland Black press and bakery
Askia Muhammad: A Recipe for Mayhem (Washington Post, 08-10-2007) OAKLAND, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - The fatal shooting of a well known Black journalist Aug. 2 and the police raid of a community bakery the next day have shocked, but not paralyzed, this diverse community. Chauncey Bailey, editor of the Oakland Post, was gunned down on his way to work. The next...
Slave burial held at historic Philadephia site
‘The nine are free, and so are we’ Philadelphia's dirty secret to be told (FCN, 02-16-2003)NY councilman: Burial ground highlights reparations battle (FCN, 04-12-2004) PHILADELPHIA (FinalCall.com) - “Nine slaves received a proper burial on July 3, 200 years after their deaths,” stated a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer that was referring to the symbolic burial of the nine slaves owned by President...
Delaware Valley MMM on the move
Millions More Movement (FinalCall.com) - The Delaware Valley region of the Nation of Islam, which covers cities in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, have been working hard to bring the Millions More Movement (MMM) into a working reality, according to Minister Rodney Muhammad, the regional minister and head of Muhammad’s Mosque No. 12 in Philadelphia. The cities in Pennsylvania are Philadelphia, Chester,...
Gang wars report proves racial targeting of Black males
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Police crackdowns, aggressive gang enforcement, and legislation targeting gangs are failing so badly that they are actually making U.S. cities more dangerous so says a July 17 report by the Justice Policy Institute titled: “Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies.” Though it is a popular U.S. political...
U.S. Blacks ill-prepared for disaster
A community prepares through disaster workshop (FCN, 06-11-2007)Black organizations must lead disaster management training (FCN, 11-24-2006)Disaster management and the Black Church (FCN, 09-21-2006)America is unprepared for disasters (FCN, 07-07-2006) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced July 17 that it has allocated $896.7 million to states to help enable them to...
‘Overcoming difficulty’
When I cut my workout short one particular day in which I didn’t feel like increasing my workout intensity, I reflected on the above words–overcoming difficulty–which is also the title of a Self-Improvement Study Guide written by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. If we want to be successful, we cannot negate the fact that we will have...
Petey Greene: A man of the people
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FinalCall.com) - “You’re nervous because you don’t know what I’m going to say. I’m nervous because I ain’t never spoke in front of this many White people,” said Petey Greene at the 1982 graduation of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Md. at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall. Few ever knew what the...
Pastors for Peace head to Cuba with aid
FCNNEWSSOURCE Pastors for Peace in McAllen,Texas with 90 tons of aid bound for Cuba (FinalCall.com) - Nearly 150 activist caravanistas arrived in McAllen, Texas July 13, traveling in an array of brightly-painted vehicles, to prepare to challenge the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba. On July 17, the 18th Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan aimed to cross the U.S. border into...